scraplab-
My advice may be a little optimistic, looking at ebay today. Maybe I was just lucky, think the one I picked up might be 70s or even 60s (has a different shape on the leather at the nose) and happened to be in really amazing condition so I thought it wasn’t that old.
The old model Professional had small rivets, Team Professional later on has large (I think this was Brooks copying how some people customised their own large rivets by hand, not really sure why they did this. There’s one on ebay that is an old professional with customised large rivets). Otherwise they’re the same. Personally I think the giant rivets can be a bit sharp at their edges if they protrude a bit above the leather. It shouldn’t, but sometimes they do.
Colts are also worth picking up if you see one. Both these types have much thicker leather and are very long-lasting.
In my hunting around today I found another Conquest, another Brooks I really like, a sprung one that was aimed at the off-road boom in the 80s.
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Skülly
I don’t have one for you but
good luck. Look out for Brooks ‘professional’ on ebay, they’re the old ones with smaller rivets (not hand-hammered). They’re great (older standard thicker leather) and often sell for much less, I bought an 80s one as good as new for peanuts recently.